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[Article: Wiki-eCS-OS/2-USB-Boot-en--Start | Discussion «]
Howto Boot OS/2 - eCS from USB Mass Storage Devices ( MSD ) - English Version - Wiki
[Edit]1 Introduction[Edit]1.1 About the Document and its Authors
Initial author and moderator/editor: Rainer D. Stroebel [Edit]1.2 History ( Logical View / not the version control of the Wiki )0.0 2006-08-11 Thread: "Boot from USB PRM (Partitioned Removable Media ) failed after loading OS2LVM.DMD error: OS/2 is unable to operate your hard disk or diskette drive" on comp.os.os2.bugs . Actually there are 2 threads, one starting 11. Aug 2006 with 62 messages and an follow up starting at xx jan, 2007 with 2 messages. ( Printout of the Thread about 60 pages!! ) 0.4 2007-01-xx eMail Dialog with Jan van Wijk, Jan does a great job with evolutions in DFSee 8.11 0.5 2007-01-25 Start production of the Initial Document for the Wiki copy the existing texts to the Wiki, structuring and editing 0.6 2007-02-09 Chapter: Problem reports / Found Defects in the Research done documentation and research on problems Thanks to Jan for the participation moved topics to sub wikis 0.6.1 2007-02-15 Add config.sys code: Case: Boot Large Floppy LVM detected Wiki Edit Problem with backslash in config.sys code 0.6.2 2007-02-19 new functions of DFSee V8-11 integrated to the Wiki 0.6.3 2007-02-20 add test result usage of the IBM BMGR, Raw ideas for PRM LVM booting hardware and software compatibility stuff 0.6.4 2007-02-25 Add picture and some text 0.6.5 2007-02-28 new text has been added, new chapter: The Warp Boot Sequence, new paragraphs/SubWiki about compatibility 0.6.5 2007-03-01 Alternate Bootmanager GRUB text add 0.6.6 2007-03-08 OS/2 Boot sequence / problem with GRUB BMR Code 0.6.7 2007-03-14 add case Boot PRM non LVM to WPS thanks to Peter Rehfisch 0.6.8 2007-07-19 add Problem Dummy disk with 0 Cylinders resulting a size of 0 MB 0.6.9 2008-01-12 add facts /ref about Windows Vista MBR 0.7.0 2008-01-19 add eSATA / SATA HW to Test Environment 0.7.1 2008-01-27 add Chapters about the EeePC - Info from ED Durrant 0.7.2 2008-01-28 add screen shots eCS Log and Desktop of the ASUS EeePC 0.7.3 2008-01-30 add EeePC text and T41 BIOS problem: no SATA HDD in boot startup menu 0.7.4 2009-01-11 add ref to TheeCSDump by Mike Greene, plus small updates in last year 0.7.5 2009-03-20 add Chapter: Modification/Extension of IBM Boot Manager Function 0.7.6 2009-09-20 add additional restriction for LVM Boot from Large Floppy Format 0.7.7 2010-05-20 add chapter Application of USB Boot: Booting OS/4 from USB Flash add chapter header to case PRM LVM system, add text 2010-11-27 add bldlevel inquiry / current level for non MSD relevant USB drivers 2010-12-04 add Text to Subwiki "Modification/Extension of IBM OS/2 Boot Manager Function" The physical view of the changes is automatical maintained by the system. You can find the list in the SubWiki: Wiki eCS OS/2 USB Boot en Last-Changes [Edit]1.3 to doa lot -:) Currently the main focus is to document the positive result and the problem descriptions of the detected problems / bugs. By authoring a comprehensive problem documentation we structure, verify and rethink the nature of the problem. Good, exact, detailed, verified problem description is 50% of the solution :-)
The introduction chapters currently are rudimentary. Here is more time and effort required. The main focus is to produce solutions. If we have solutions, we can go to the next step to present the solutions for early adapter. The Feedback improves the solution and the presentation of it. [Edit]1.4 Usage of SubWiki'sThe main purpose of the usage of SubWiki in this document is to keep the main Wiki at a manageable size for the reader and for the authors! The table of contents should contain / display all of the structure. Problem Descriptions are good candidates for SubWiki's. If the description is stored in an SubWiki, you can print the problem description by printing the SubWiki. An other reason is a technical one: Currenty the size of the main wiki is limited by program restrictions and the wiki has grown to bounce up to this limit :-) [Edit]1.5 TerminologyBMGR Bootmanager BR Boot Record - VBR Volume Boot Record - PBR Partition Boot Record - Definition / Description by Wikipedia CF CompactFlash Cards eCS eComStation INT 13, INT 13X - Definition / Description by Wikipedia Large Floppy ( BigFloppy , USBZip, Superfloppy ) LILO LInux LOader - Definition / Description by Wikipedia - en LVM Logical Volume Manager MBR Master Boot Record - Definition / Description by Wikipedia PBP BIOS Parameter Block - Definition / Description by Wikipedia PRM Partitioned Removable Media USB Universal Serial Bus USBMSD USB Mass Storage Device
USB Stick, USB Key, USB Flash Drive, USB Hard Disk, external HHD s, USB Pendrive, USB Thumb Drive (TM) etc.
USB Stick - Definition / Description by Wikipedia German
[Edit]2 The Warp Boot SequenceBasic knowledge about the Warp boot sequence are required. You should know, what your system and you do :-) Here are some sources to the knowledge: The warp boot seQunce [Edit]2.1 Booting from Large Floppy
[Edit]2.2 Booting from Partitioned Media - Primary Partition - without IBM BMGR Support
[Edit]2.3 Booting from Partitioned Media - Primary / Logical Partition with IBM BMGR Support
[Edit]2.4 The OS/2 Master Boot Record - I13 I13X Test and FlagThe code in the MBR establishes (by calling INT 13H) whether the INT 13H extensions are present. It then leaves a flag in low memory to indicate the presence or absence of support. This flag is used by BM, and by the various boot sectors, to save them doing the same test. Unless the bootmanager GRUB actually sets that flag (which is, I believe, an OS/2 'thing') then the BM and boot sectors will assume INT 13H extensions are not present... The actual test is in the MBR: ; Check for presence of INT 13H extensions; if present, set flag at ; 0030:0000 to 'I13X', otherwise set it to 0. ; SETI13X PROC NEAR ; MOV AH,41H ; see if INT 13H extensions present MOV BX,MAGIC2 ; needed too - also DL = drive INT 13H ; do it JC SHORT SETI10 ; j if not supported at all CMP BX,MAGIC ; double check JNE SHORT SETI10 ; j if not supported CMP AH,21H ; EDD 1.1 supported? JB SHORT SETI10 ; j if not TEST CL,1 ; packet structure device access? JZ SHORT SETI10 ; j if not supported MOV EAX,58333149H ; 'I13X' JMP SHORT SETI20 ; set up for exit ; SETI10: XOR AX,AX ; store zero for no support ; SETI20: PUSH INFOSEG ; store at segment 3000:0000 (0030:0000) POP FS MOV FS:INF_FLG,EAX ; store it
An other interressting snippet from the same tread: > Trevor Hemsley, Brighton, UK > > How utterly stupid. So if I install something after OS/2 that rewrites > the MBR gratuitously with a copy of its own then my >8GB OS/2 > partition magically stops booting. Sounds like a bug to me. Doesn't > that mean that installing *any* MS o/s post-OS/2 will break it? I > think they _all_ rewrite the MBR on install to one of their choosing. Yes. The silly thing is the code isn't that much smaller anyway. The one place it needs to be small is in the MBR, where there's least room. I wonder if there was some other agenda....like remote booting - that started it. Bob Eager
The test system with Bootmanager Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) V 0.97 in BMR behave exactly as Bob predicts. With GRUB installed in MBR the Bootmanager shows only the systems below the 8 GB limit on the HDD. see Chapter Bootmanager Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) V 0.97
[Edit]2.5 The IBM OS/2 Bootmanager and the boot drive letter
[Edit]2.6 The OS/2 Master Boot Record - I13 I13X Test and Flag versus the Windows Vista BMRVista need it own BMR code to work Here is a source about the Vista boot process and BMR usage Windows Vista no longer starts after you install an earlier version of the Windows operating system in a dual-boot configuration http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529/EN-US/
The only a very, very limited workaround is to install OS/2 within the 1024 Cly limit of the HDD.
[Edit]2.7 Modification/Extension of IBM OS/2 Boot Manager FunctionThe Chapter "2.7 Modification/Extension of IBM Boot Manager Function" and subchapers has been moved to an SubWiki. The header lines are conserve in place for the table of contents of the Main Wiki !! Please see SubWiki: Chapter 2.7 Modification/Extension of IBM Boot Manager Function [Edit]2.7.1 Add the "I13X Test and Flag Setting code" to the Partition Boot Record PBR of the BMRG Primary Partition[Edit]2.7.1.1 Intention[Edit]2.7.1.2 Design[Edit]2.7.1.3 Stages of implementation[Edit]2.7.1.4 Stage 1: Develop the Patch[Edit]2.7.1.5 Stage 1.1: Collecting information for the implementation / doing[Edit]2.7.1.6 Stage 1.2: Patch developed by Robert Lalla based on a PBR with English messages text[Edit]2.7.1.7 Stage 1.3: Adaption of Patch with implementation of messages codes for the PBR LVM 14.105 Code level English[Edit]2.7.1.8 Stage 1.4: Adaption of Patch with implementation of messages codes for the PBR LVM 14.105 Code level German[Edit]2.7.1.9 Stage 1.5: Documentation of the Test Results with the Patches[Edit]2.7.1.10 Stage 2 : Implement an automatic patch process via DFSee function[Edit]2.7.1.11 Stage 3 : Patch the LVM.exe to write an patched PBR with function create BMGR partition[Edit]2.7.1.12 Stage 4 : Patch the LVM Java GUI version to write an patched PBR[Edit]2.7.2 Modification of BMGR code to add partitions from Partitioned Removable Media (PRM) to the selection menuThe Chapter "2.7 Modification/Extension of IBM Boot Manager Function" and subchapers has been moved to an SubWiki. The header lines are conserve in place for the table of contents of the Main Wiki !! Please see SubWiki: Chapter 2.7 Modification/Extension of IBM Boot Manager Function
[Edit]2.8 Howto add OS/2 Systems to the ThinkPad T43 Preload[Edit]2.8.1 Analyse of the ThinkPad T43 Preload Boot Process[Edit]2.8.2 Add BMGR Primary Partition and Primary Extended Partition to the PreloadThe Chapter "2.8 Howto add OS/2 Systems to the ThinkPad T43 Preload" and subchapers has been moved to an SubWiki. The header lines are conserve in place for the table of contents of the Main Wiki !! Please see SubWiki: Chapter 2.8 Howto add OS/2 Systems to the ThinkPad T43 Preload
[Edit]3 BIOS Requirementswell, you need a
[Edit]3.1 USB BIOS Boot Support Compatibility - Motherboards / NotebooksI have done some research on this subject and found a kind of compatibility list on the net Forum: USB Booting - Topic: USB Boot Compatibility List [Edit]3.1.1 Collecting Compatibility Information about Motherboard/Notebook BIOS USB Boot Support via SubWikiPlease see SubWiki: USB BIOS Boot support Compatibility List
[Edit]3.2 USB Mass Storage Devices ( MSD ) Boot Support Compatibility Son of the USB 2.0 Hi-speed Flash drive roundup - April 13, 2005 By Matt Woodward ==> Conclusio: Not all USB Stick are bootable
[Edit]3.2.1 Collecting compatibility information about USB Mass Storage Devices ( MSD ) Boot Support via SubWikiPlease see SubWiki: Collecting Information about USB Mass Storage Device Boot Support Compatibility
[Edit]4 Hardware RequirementComputer with USB port and USB boot BIOS support USBMSD with USB Boot Support [Edit]5 Software RequirementsOS/2 or eCS with the latest USB version of the USB drivers
[Edit]5.1 Check the buildlevel of the key components of your systemCopy and paste the text from the SubWiki into a new File and save as "bld-dis.cmd" and run from boot drive
These are the current buildlevel ( state: 2010-10-27 ) of the key components Please see SubWiki: The current build level of the key components You can print the SubWiki page, so you have the information on paper :-)!
[Edit]6 Hard- and Software of the initial test environment[Edit]6.1 Hardware test environmentThe Chapter " Hardware test Environment" and subchapers has been moved to an SubWiki. The header lines are conserve in place for the table of contents of the Main Wiki !! Please see SubWiki: Chapter 6.1: Hardware Test Environment [Edit]6.1.1 IBM Thinkpad T23[Edit]6.1.1.1 PCI Test Output of the T23 without Dock II[Edit]6.1.1.2 PCI Test Output of the T23 with Dock II[Edit]6.1.1.3 PCI Test Output of the T23 with Dock II and DC-150 RAID Controller[Edit]6.1.2 USB CF Card Reader One Slot[Edit]6.1.3 ThinkPad Ultra Bay 2nd HDD Adapter with CF-to-IDE Adapter[Edit]6.1.4 ThinkPad Dock II with eSATA / SATA Controller in PCI Slot of the Dock II[Edit]6.1.4.1 DC-150 RAID from Dawicontrol GmbH[Edit]6.1.4.1.1 Howto flash a DC-150 Raid Card in a ThinkPad Dock II PCI slot from factory to latest Firmware[Edit]6.1.4.2 SATA300 TX4302 from Promise[Edit]6.1.4.3 PCI -> Serial ATA RAID controller 2 int. / 2 ext. ports von Vivanco[Edit]6.1.5 CF to SATA Adapter[Edit]6.1.6 external Boxes with PATA / SATA HDD and USB, Firewire and eSATA Interface[Edit]6.1.6.1 KC31-CS from Mapower Electronics[Edit]6.1.6.2 Pleiades Super S-Combo from Macpower[Edit]6.1.7 eSATA to USB AdapterThe above paragraphs of the Chapter "Hardware Test Environment" has been moved to an SubWiki. The header lines are conserve in place for the table of contents of the Main Wiki !! Please see SubWiki: Chapter 6.1: Hardware Test Environment
[Edit]6.2 Software Test EnvironmentOS/2 MCP2 with current Fixpak and driver level DFSEE version 8.11 or better DANIS506 package R 1.7.10 with Diskinfo UBS Resource Manager [Edit]6.3 Basic step to create a testsuite1. create a maintenance partition on my primary HDD with BootAble 4.3 minimum features: only boot to cmd prompt, no wps support USB Support basic and USBMSD.ADD System is on Boot Manager Menu Test the system (drive letter Y:) 2. take a CF Card and create a partition on the medium How to do it: data structure of the MSD: Large Floppy or PRM For the case Large Floppy LVM System see at the step by step instructions in the paragraph See Wiki Warum erkennt / arbeitet OS/2-eCS nicht mit meinem USB-Speichermedium? [Edit]7 Booting from USB Mass Storage Devices ( MSD )[Edit]7.1 Booting from USB Diskettemodifying the Service diskettes
1. rem Floppy 2. set CopyFromFloppy=1 3. Add USB Device drivers 4. special sequence for booting USBDB.sys must be the first USB statement in config.sys 5. Require options USBDB statement 5.1 /I13 in USBDB.SYS 5.2 no parm /REQ for the driver ....
Environment variable must be used for special boot logic in the usb boot process Without the the SET COPYFROMFLOPPY=1 Dirty hack?
[Edit]7.1.1 Config.sys for boot from Diskette LVM Systemconfig.sys booting to command prompt ( with only a little cleanup, just from the test bench -:)
set bootdrive to usbfloppy with drive letter a: ??????
/usage does not work in USB Boot process ???
how does this Hardware configuration work ?? Usage of drive letters? only a and b available for floppy devices? ====> Only two floppies per system allowed? I do see no use of this configuration, but it should work in theory. I have not seen any documented restrictions!
[Edit]7.2 Booting from USB CD-ROMCurrently not test, no USB CD-ROM aviabale
[Edit]7.3 Booting from Large Floppy[Edit]7.3.1 non LVM Systems[Edit]7.3.2 LVM SystemsThe USB Mass Storage device can be formatted as Large Floppy or as PRM ( Partitioned Removable Media ). This is the case with formatted as Large Floppy and a system with LVM support Restriction: It implies FAT16 and Size of MSD less 2 GB. The basics of the detailed step by step instructions in the following paragraphs are: 1. Wipe the bootsector for a clean, new initialization 2. Write a special boot record to the media 3. Format the media as FAT16 Large Floppy 4. Xcopy of the mini OS/2 system via xcopy /h /o /t /s /e /r /v to the prepared Large Floppy Now your USB MSD is ready for the test!
1. enable BIOS USB support 2. modify BIOS startup sequence Now your system is ready for the test, are you ready? :-)
[Edit]7.3.2.1 Howto Prepare a USB MSD as Large Floppy for boot
[Edit]7.3.2.2 Copy your Mini OS/2 - eCS System from Maintenance Partition to prepared USB MSD
XCOPY x:*.* C:*.* /H /O /T /S /E /R /V
[Edit]7.3.2.3 Config.sys for boot from Large Floppy LVM Systemconfig.sys booting to command prompt ( with only a little cleanup, just from the test bench -:)
[Edit]7.3.2.4 Restriction 1: no Drive Letter C: should be used by the LVM VolumesThe following system behaviour / logic is the reason for the restriction:
[Edit]7.3.2.5 Restriction 2: Wiped ( no MBR code/ no LVM Info) primary drive and Large Floppy Booting does not workResult from testing - with IBM ThinkPad T23 - as of 2009-09-19 Rainer The boot drive letter C: of the boot device USB Large Floppy Format is obviously not handled correctly in case of a wiped / new Primary HDD without MBR and LVM Code. The boot steps stopps with the "standard" messages "OS/2 is unable to operate your hard disk or diskette drive"
[Edit]7.3.2.6 Idea for further development - enhancement
Solution: Filter Driver ?
[Edit]7.4 Booting from Partitioned Removable Media ( PRM )
[Edit]7.4.1 non LVM SystemsThe problem is to pass the boot drive letter during the boot process from the Partitioned Removable Media. Boot Manager does not support PRM. Howto supply a boot drive letter by booting from PRM. Well, Danidasd.dmd does have an option for the boot drive. There are some restrictions of danidasd: 1. Danidasd does not support the LVM info on the HDD. 2. The drive letter for the PRM is assigned by the "old" drive letter assignment method: first assign a drive letter to all the "fixed" partitions (drives) and than to the "removable" partitions (drive) the drive letter assigned to the PRM drive is depended from the layout of the HDD of the system to boot
It is on a FAT file system to keep it simple :-) [Edit]7.4.1.1 Config.sys for boot from PRM non LVM System to command promptPlease see SubWiki: Detail Listing config.sys
[Edit]7.4.1.2 Config.sys for boot from PRM non LVM System to WPSPlease see SubWiki: Detail Listing config.sys
[Edit]7.4.2 LVM Systems[Edit]7.4.2.1 Config.sys for boot an LVM System from PRM USB MSD Deviceconfig.sys booting to command prompt ( with only a little cleanup, just from the test bench -:)
[Edit]7.4.2.2 Identifying / Analyse of the Roadblocks for Booting an LVM System from PRM USB MSD DeviceIn the thread on comp...bugs Mike reported success. He cloned a system ( a system with volume C without boot manager ) to an USB MSD external disk. This cloned system does boot from USB. This message has been a great motivation to go on with the project. On the other hand I have not been is able to reproduce the reported boot. Finally I had success. The system boots from the USB drive at the first stage of the USB drive. When switching from real mode to protected mode during the startup, the system does not only switch the mode, it does switch the boot device too! It switches from the cloned USB system to the source system on the fixes hard drive. Both systems are similar / equal, so the switch was not detected during the test.
1. Tell the system the boot drive letter. For systems without BMGR, if assumes letter c for the primary boot partition. For systems with BMGR, the BMGR assigns a drive letter to each OS/2 boot system on the boot menu. For LVM systems the DLAT info on every bootable partition is evaluated. For non LMV system the drive letter are assign by chronological order of the partition starting with drive letter c. 2. pass the attribute boot drive with the boot drive letter to the LVM / DASD logic.
Currently the boot drive letter does have the attribute "fixed drive". LVM does not except / handle correctly boot drive letters with the attribute "removable".
[Edit]7.4.2.3 Ideas / Concepts for solving the identified problems[Edit]7.4.2.4 LVM does not process the boot drive letter from an removable device correctly Howto change this?raw ideas ( as of 2007-02-20 Rainer ): 1. USBMSD.ADD new pram. Handle_First_Removable_as_Fixed_Device ==> Source Code of USBMSD.ADD needed alternative: CWUSBMSD.ADD ==> ask Chis about modification / development 2. Special patched version of USBMSD.ADD ? Robert Lalla does a quick first try to patch. Here are the patch and the test results. Please see SubWiki: Detail Case Boot from PRM LVM System Case USBMSD Patch 3. OS2DASD.DMD New Parm: Handle_First_Removable_as_Fixed_Device ==> Source Code of OS2DASD.DMD needed 4. Filter driver to change type of first removable device to fixed disk developer with filter drive skill - daniatap.flt as model ? ==> ask Daniela
[Edit]7.4.2.5 Howto Boot a LVM system from a Logical Partition on a PRM USB MSD
Solution: Use ( Alternate ) Boot Manager on a PRM USB MSD
1. IBM OS/2 Boot Manager 2. AiR-BOOT 3. VPART 4. XFDISK 5. GRUB 6. LiLo 7. GAG
[Edit]7.4.2.6 IBM OS/2 Boot ManagerDoes not install on PRM by LVM or LVM GUI Test results: Boot Manager is loaded by the I13 access from PRM. Now the program logic of the BMGR is processed. Look for an other boot manager partition on the hdds of the system. Found one on the first internal hdd. This one get priority. Look for bootable partitions on the hdd (drive 0 ) to build the list of the boot menu. Look on the second drive ( drive 1 ) for bootable partition. Here the logic fail - It does not look at the PRM, the PRM does not have the BIOS type hdd, if look for a second internal hdd, does not find on and display error Message "Drive 1 not ready, system halted" Internal boot manager program logic is derived knowledge from comp.os.os2.setup.storage Thread:
This sounds like Boot Manager getting confused by the Bootable CD support on this machine.. BM asks bios for the drives 80-97, looking for disk devices, then ready devices.. Apparently the bios answers that the CD is disk and ready, and then we try to read it and get the not ready error... Sam Detweiler IBM OS/2 Device Driver development
Question to the experts!!
[Edit]7.4.2.7 Bootmanager AiR-BOOTThe current version is 1.5. The OS/2 installation program AirBoot2.exe is designed to load the manager into the first tack of your primary hard disk, not to the first track of an PRM. Workaround: Prepare the CF Card with partition loaded with the mini OS/2 test systems and the an directory with the AiR-BOOT program package. Insert the CF card into an IBM Thin Client 8373-S20, boot the system from CF Card and execute the installation program Airboot2 and configure AiR-BOOT. Do test boot on the Thin Client. Shutdown and move the CF Card to the test computer.
AiR-BOOT consists of several parts: - AiR-BOOT MBR Code (sector 1) - AiR-BOOT Code (starting at sector 2) - AiR-BOOT configuration (sector 55-59) - AiR-BOOT MBR backup (sector 60) Conclusion: MSD devices with tack GEO less than 63 sectors could not be used. CF Card up to 256 MB are of no use. We have to check the GEO before usage. Next problem: DFSee does not show P-GEO values for PRM, just value zero. This problem is investigated. ==> "CF and GEO Problem" Work around: Use the ThinkPad UltraBay 2nd HDD Adapter and an CF-to-IDE Adapter
1. Feature: does not install on USB MSD 2. AirBoot2 - Installation process, no waring by disk with less than 63 sectors 3. IBM Thin Client 8364S20 and DANIS506.ADD R 1.7.9 does not work -- pip pip pip pip ... needs special parms or this version is broken for Thin Client chip set Workaround: Use IBM1S505.ADD Status as of 2007-02-22: IBM Thin Client 8364S20 and DANIS506.ADD R 1.7.10 works without any special prams !! 4. IBM Thin Client does not work with CF 1 GB 120x - Hang up in OS2DASD.DMD Workaround: Use 1 GB CF Card with lower speed 5. AiR-BOOT works on ThinClient !! 6. Test via USB Card Reader and ThinkPad T23 6.1 First boot with AiR-BOOT: Warning Message BIOS changed, Virus? 6.2 Select System to boot, I/O activity on USB MSB, blink of cursor, no OS/2 blob 6.3 Modifies primary system boot sector of internal HDD! This program feature / behaviour we do not need for our purpose! A rescue task for DFSee :-) 6. e-mail to developer Conclusion: The current version ( 1.5 ) of AiR-BOOT is not usable for the task
[Edit]7.4.2.8 Bootmanager VPARTThe current version is from 2001-11-08 . The OS/2 installation program VPARTOS2.exe is designed to load the manager into the first tack of your primary hard disk, not to the first track of an PRM. Workaround: Prepare the CF Card with partition loaded with the mini OS/2 test systems and the an directory with the VPART program package. Insert the CF card into an IBM Thin Client 8373-S20, boot the system from CF Card and execute the installation program VPARTOS2 and configure VPART. Do test boot on the Thin Client. Shutdown and move the CF Card to the test computer. VAPRT require own code in boot record and sector 11 to 45 of the first track of the boot device ( VPRAT documentation: VPART.DEU ). The install program VPARTOS2 asks very polite: "May i now write 1 sector in sector 1 and 35 in sectors 11 to 45 ?" :-) Conclusion: MSD devices with tack GEO less than 63 sectors could not be used. CF Card up to 256 MB are of no use. We have to check the GEO before usage. Next problem: DFSee does not show P-GEO values for PRM, just value zero. This problem is investigated. ==> "CF and GEO Problem" Work around: Use the ThinkPad UltraBay 2nd HDD Adapter and an CF-to-IDE Adapter
to be continued [Edit]7.4.2.9 Bootmanager XFDISKExcerpt from History File XFDisk I Version 0.9.3 Beta EN ============================================================================== History Legend: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + Feature added - Feature removed * Bugfix ! Known Bug # Internal change XFDisk I Version 0.9.3 Beta EN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * reduced Boot Manager size and moved to end of first head (n sectores/head -> CHS 0/0/n-13 upto 0/0/n). This should solve the problem with HighPoint/Abit IDE adapter cards This usage of the last sector of the first tack is in conflict with LVM DLAT. This has to be changed, so no further activities at present. Rainer 2007-03-22
[Edit]7.4.2.10 Bootmanager Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) V 0.97[Edit]7.4.2.10.1 Howto install GRUB V 0.97 on an USB MSD PRM with LiveCD Knoppix 5.1[Edit]7.4.2.10.2 Test results menu.lst 1. Version[Edit]7.4.2.10.3 Test results menu.lst 2. Version[Edit]7.4.2.10.4 ConclusioThe above paragraphs are moved to an SubWiki The header lines are conserve in place for the table of contents of the Main Wiki !! Please see SubWiki: Bootmanager GRUB V 0.97
[Edit]7.4.2.11 Bootmanager LILOInstall the LILO Bootmanager on the CF-Card with Knoppix 5.1.1 Live-CD.
List of LILO configuration file c:\ETC\LILO.CNF #map = /media/sda1/ETC/MAP map = /ETC/MAP lba32 boot = /dev/sda default = OS2 prompt timeout = 80 #image = /boot/vmlinuz #label = linux #root = /dev/hda2 #vga = 0x31a other = /dev/sda1 label = OS2 other = /dev/hda label = MBR HDD1 Test results: to be continued [Edit]7.4.2.12 Bootmanager GAG the Graphical Boot ManagerFrom the documentation FAQ Question 10 I can't boot OS/2 with GAG. What do I have to do? GAG can boot OS/2 only if it is installed in a primary partition. If your OS/2 is installed in an extended partition and you want to have the benefits of GAG, you must still use the IBM Boot Manager. To do this, just put the IBM BM timer to zero seconds, and configure the icon of OS/2 to boot the partition where the Boot Manager is stored. Another problem is when OS/2 is installed in a primary partition in a hard disk that is not the first hard disk. In this case, you must say YES to the option 'Exchange drive letters' when you add the OS/2 partition to GAG. In this case you don't need to use the IBM Boot Manager.
The IBM Boot Manager does not work from USBMSB, so GAG does not do the job!
[Edit]7.4.2.13 under constructionWell, the results show, booting from Alternate Bootmanager is a possible solution. GRUB demonstrates: The boot from USB MSB via Alternate Bootmanager is possible, AirBoot and VPART does not load from USB, but process the drive letter and LVM stuff correctly under "normal" confidions. We are working on the case: Boot from USB PRM - LVM System !! No succes to report - jet :-) ===> *"OS/2 is unable to operate your hard disk or diskette drive"* Only a some encouraging failures. We learn a lot about the internals!
[Edit]8 Conclusio1. The booting from USB Diskette LVM System - tested and works 2. The booting from USB CD-ROM - Currently not test, no USB CD-ROM aviabale 3. The booting from Large Floppy non LVM System - not tested, no software configuration aviabale ( should work no difference to LVM system ) 4. The booting from Large Floppy LVM System - tested and works
( Prove of Concept based on DANIDASD.DMD for booting from USB MSD PRM ) !!! 6. The booting from USB PRM LVM System under development / construction
[Edit]9 Application of Booting OS/2 - eCs from USB Mass Storage Devices ( MSD )[Edit]9.1 Emergence / Recovery / Maintenance System with DFSee on the USB Media
If you buy new hardware for this application,buy a
The probability to buy a working compatible USB Stick out of the shelf is currently about 50%.
[Edit]9.2 The Asus EeePC - HowTo Boot an OS/2 - eCS System[Edit]9.2.1 Disk layout of the Internal Solid Disk - Xandros Linux Preload[Edit]9.2.2 Xandros Linux Preload GRUB File menu.lstPlease see SubWiki: EeePC Xandros Linux Preload GRUB File menu.lst [Edit]9.2.3 The Hardware of the EeePC - as PCI Test sees the SystemPlease see SubWiki: The Hardware of the EeePC - defined by PCI Test Output Das Feintuning kann beginnen. - für welche Komponeten haben wir Treiber, - für welche Komponenten können existierende Treiber angepasst werden - wo ist Treiber Neuentwicklung erforderlich?
You have 4 PCI USB UHCI host controller(s) You have 1 PCI USB EHCI host controller(s) This is conform with the PCI test results.
[Edit]9.2.4 Boot without Modification of Preload - the installed Xandros Linux on the Internal Solid DiskCurrently ED Durrant is implementing a system base on the solution from The Mapping definition by the parameter of the DANIDASD.DMD statement is the key to the solution.
BASEDEV=DANIDASD.DMD /BD:D /MT:Aa Without definition of addional partition types by the /AT parameter, DANIADASD sees / accepts partioniton of following types. The seen (acceptable) partitioned can be mapped to drive letters by the /MT parameter. You can find detail information at the DANIDASD.Doc file of the DANIDASD package found on Hobbes.
DASD manager partition types supported extended regular DaniDASD: 05, 0F, 8F 01, 04, 06, 07, 0B, 0C, 0E, [+ other] Of the 4 partitions (by type ) 83 83 0C ef of the preload, only one partition -the 0C - is accepted and can be mapped to the driver letter C: So the first primary partition on the SD, the OS/2 Boot partition, is mapped to the drive letter D:
From the Shop of Ed Durrnat :-)
If you do not want to access the primary HDD, just do not map a drive letter to the seen / accepted partition of the HDD ( Has to be tested by ED - Rainer 2008-01-27 ) BASEDEV=DANIDASD.DMD /BD:C /MT:Ba or BASEDEV=DANIDASD.DMD /BD:C Tested by Ed - does not work - "OS/2 cannot ...." Test variant documented and not deleted - to learn from the failed test :-) Rainer 2008-02-03
[Edit]9.2.5 Howto Install a eCS System on an SD Card at the Internal Reader of the ASUS EeePC without deleting / changing the Preinstalled SystemThe last, stable version HowTo s V1.0 (PDF files) can be found on Hobbes: Files names are: EeePC-HowTo-install-eCS-to-SD-deu_v1.zip German Version EeePC-HowTo-install-eCS-to-SD-eng_v1.zip English Version http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=eeepc+&pushbutton=Search Many thanks to Ed for authoring and to Gabriele Durrant for the German translation! The current, developing version of the HowTo can be found at the above Wikis: English: Howto Install a eCS System on an SD Card at the Internal Reader of the ASUS EeePC
[Edit]9.2.6 Howto Install a eCS System on the ASUS EeePC internal HDD with Deletion of the Preinstalled System - WikiHowto Install a eCS System on the ASUS EeePC internal HDD with Deletion of the Preinstalled System - Wiki
[Edit]9.2.7 Howto Install Video Support on the ASUS EeePC running OS/2 - eCS[Edit]9.2.7.1 Video support by the SNAP drivers[Edit]9.2.7.2 Video support by the Panorama DriversPlease see SubWiki: Howto Install Video Support on the ASUS EeePC running OS/2 - eCS - Wiki [Edit]9.2.8 Howto Install Audio Support on the ASUS EeePC running OS/2 - eCS[Edit]9.2.9 Howto Install LAN and WLAN Support on the ASUS EeePC running OS/2 - eCS[Edit]9.2.10 EeePC running with OS/2 eCS - Video Presentations - First DraftHere are the links to the Video on YouTube - Production, Director, Camera and Speaker - Sigurd Fastenrath Part I and II show eComstation 2.0 RC 4 with OS/2 Warp 4 skin and Part III show eCS RC 4 with the default skin ASUS Eee PC and OS/2 Warp - eComstation Part I [Edit]9.2.11 EeePC Model PC 4G 701 Internal SD Card Controller and SD Cards Compatibility TestsLothar Joeger has doenn some Compatibility Test with diffent SD Cards Status: 2008-05 Here is the copy of his e-mail with the test results - translation to english and edit outstanding :-) Rainer Hier erstmal die Liste der SD-Karten die ich mit dem eeePC erfolgreich getestet habe. - Transcend 8GB SDHC Flash (Bootet Windows XP und Mac OS X) - Kingston 1GB SD Card (Datentransfer ok) - Kingston 2GB SD Card (Datentransfer ok) - Kingston 4GB SD Card (Bootet Windows XP / OS X nicht getestet) - SanDisk 512MB SD Card (Datentransfer ok) - SanDisk 1GB Extreme III (Datentransfer ok) - SanDisk 2GB Extreme III (Datentransfer ok) Bei folgenden Karten habe ich Problem gehabt: - Kingston MMC 1G Mobil RS/MMC (mit SD-Adapter) - Wird vom Bios nicht erkannt, Windows XP erkennt sie, Mac OS X nicht. - takeMS SD Karte Hyper Speed 4GB - Wird vom Bios erkannt, Windows XP auch, Mac OS X erkennt sie, verliert aber alle 5-10 Minuten die Verbindung (Connect/Reconnect) - PNY SD-Card 1GB - wird nicht erkannt. - Sharkoon 1GB SD - funktioniert, ist aber extrem langsam.
Toshiba 2GB SD (class 4) Toshiba 4GB SDHC (Class 6) Fujifilm 1GB SD Elite Pro 8GB SD Photofast dual channel 150X SD
[Edit]9.3 OS4 Phoenix Project: Booting OS/4 from USB FlashThe application is presented at home page of OS4 Phoenix Project
[Edit]9.3.1 Documentation: Booting OS/4 from USB Flash
16MB archive file with 512MB example of the boot image can be obtained here. To restore the image to Flash, you can use DFSee. Last Updated on Sunday, 07 March 2010 07:24
[Edit]9.3.2 Evaluation / Test: Booting OS/4 from USB Flash
has to edit - be more polite / positive and translated to English [Edit]10 Problem reports / Found Defects in the Research[Edit]10.1 CF and GEO ProblemThe displayed GEO values by the IBM1S506.add, the DANIS506.add and GEO values in DFSee output ( here plus USBMSD.add ) differs. Some values looks buggy!! Please see SubWiki: Detailed Problem Description
[Edit]10.2 Large Floppy and SYSINSTX SYS01475Obviously SYSINSTX does not do the job for the Large Floppy Format correctly!! [Edit]10.2.1 Problem Descriptions[Edit]10.2.2 Work around: Howto write a correct Boot Record for OS/2 to a Large FloppyThe subparagraphs "Problem Description" and "Work around: Howto write a correct Boot Record for OS/2 to a Large Floppy" has been moved to SubWiki Please see SubWiki: Detailed Problem Description and Work Around
[Edit]10.3 IBM Boot Manager and Wrong Drive Letter - Unable to boot a system from logical partitionThe boot manager assigns a wrong drive letter to a bootable partition. Booting this partition via boot menu fails with error "OS/2 is unable to operate your hard disk or diskette drive" Please see SubWiki: Detailed Problem Description
[Edit]10.4 MBR with GRUB boot code stage1[Edit]10.4.1 CF Card with GRUB MBR in CF-to-IDE Adapter --> kernel exception condition at boot[Edit]10.4.2 CF Card in USB Card Reader --> LVM detects no valid file system in partition[Edit]10.4.3 Analyze, Result and Work Around
Please see SubWiki: Bootmanager Boot Code Stage 1 Problems
[Edit]10.5 Bootmanager AirBoot V1.5[Edit]10.6 Bootmanager VPART[Edit]10.7 Problem Dummy disk with 0 Cylinders resulting a size of 0 MB[Edit]10.7.1 Problem DescriptionsPlease see SubWiki: Detailed Problem Description
[Edit]10.8 ThinkPad T41 and the Test Environment[Edit]10.8.1 Freeze of the System at POST with CF-to-IDE Adapter in 2. HDD Ultra Bay Adapter[Edit]10.8.2 SATA Devices connected to the SATA controller in the DOCK II PCI extension Slot does not show up in the BIOS StartUp Selection MenuPlease see SubWiki: Detailed Problem Description The Sub chapters here are only for main TOC reference, text move to Subwiki!! [Edit]10.8.2.1 Good case: T23 SATA HDD is part of the boot startup menu and can be selected[Edit]10.8.2.2 Bad case: T41 SATA HDD is not part of the boot startup menu and can not be selected
[Edit]10.9 ThinkPad T43 and the Test Environment[Edit]10.9.1 lvm /newmbr:1 failed with LVM0631 - LVM Code Level 14.105 NLS GermanPlease see SubWiki: Detailed Problem Description
[Edit]10.9.2 Initial / Load time of the driver for the Broadcom NIC BCM5751M needs 98 secPlease see SubWiki: Detailed Problem Description
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